Mahivech Hanim

Mahivech Hanim (Arabic: مھوش هانم‎; Turkish: Mehveş Hanım; died 13 November 1889) was the first consort of Abbas I of Egypt (1812-1854),[1] and mother of Ibrahim Ilhami Pasha (1836-1860).[2]

Mahivech Hanim
Died13 November 1889
Cairo, Egypt
Burial
Mahmud Hamdi Pasha Mausoleum, Cairo
Spouse
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(died 1854)​
IssueIbrahim Ilhami Pasha
Full name
Arabic: مھوش هانم‎
Turkish: Mehveş Hanım
HouseMuhammad Ali (by marriage)
ReligionSunni Islam

Mahivech married Abbas Hilmi, and gave birth to the couple's only child, a son, Prince Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha[3][4] on 3 January 1836.[5] She was widowed at Abbas Hilmi's death in July 1854. Her son died in September 1860, when his boat capsized while crossing the Bosphorus, near Bebek Palace, at what is now Bebek Bay.[5][6]

Since the early 1860s, Mehvish Hanim, lived in Aksaray, Fatih, Istanbul.[7] In 1870, she sponsored the rebuilding of Aksaray Oğlanlar Tekke, which had been left ruined since 1840.[8] In 1871-72, she sponsored a fountain in the courtyard of Murad Pasha Mosque in Aksaray.[9]

Mahivech Hanim died on 13 November 1889, and was buried in the mausoleum of Mahmud Hamdi Pasha, Cairo, Egypt.[10]

See also

References
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  6. Hassan, Hassan (2000). In the House of Muhammad Ali: A Family Album, 1805-1952. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-9-774-24554-1.
  7. Işli, Necdet (2008). Aksaray the heart of Istanbul. İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür İşleri Daire Başkanlığı. p. 41. ISBN 978-9-944-37045-5.
  8. Yıldırım, Rıdvan (2016). Uluslararası Melâmilik ve Seyyid Muhammed Nûru'l-Arabî Sempozyumu Bildirileri. Tika Kültür Yayınları. p. 178. ISBN 978-9-751-96501-1.
  9. Largılı, Abdullah (2016). Kitabelerin Kitabı Fatih - Fatih ilçesi Türk İslam Devri Kitabeler Envanteri. Fatih belediyesi. p. 134.
  10. "I.Abbas Paşa Vali of Misir (Egypt), Sudan, Hicaz and Taşoz". Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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